Book Clubs Column by Julie Hale

CROSSING PATHSPenelope Lively’s latest book, How It All Began, is a masterfully crafted novel that explores the interconnectedness of human lives. After she’s attacked on a street in London, Charlotte Rainsford recovers at the home of her daughter, Rose. Trapped in a lackluster marriage, Rose serves as assistant to Lord Henry Peters, a pompous historian. With Charlotte on her hands,...

His Excellency

Ellis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and the author of the best-selling books Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation and American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. His latest volume chronicles the life of America's first president, shedding new light on the background of the great leader and his contributions to the incipient republic. Writing with his usual aplomb,...